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The most prominent auditor of the Supreme Court - will appoint his judges

With the appointment of MK Simcha Rotman as the Knesset representative on the Judicial Appointments Committee, and together with Saar, who heads the committee and Shaked, the right will veto any appointment to the Supreme Court, since this appointment requires a majority of seven committee members. The method of appointing judges in Israel is not democratic "

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• Ayelet Shaked

• Effi Naveh

Yael Friedson

Wednesday, 04 August 2021, 20:35

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For several years now, the right has been struggling with the legal system and judicial activism. One of the achievements that former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked is proud of is the appointment of judges: Shaked made an alliance with former Bar Association chairman Efi Naveh, and together they created a blocking committee in the committee, so that Shaked succeeded in appointing judges with a conservative worldview. the Supreme Court, when her time were appointed judges Alex Stein, David Mintz, Yael Willner and Yosef Elron, but also the appointment lower courts, such as district courts, believing that the judges conservatives appointed today - will proceed further to the Supreme Court.

while almond reached an agreement with The then president of the Supreme Court, Miriam Naor, and maintained a respectful rhetoric towards the justice system - MK Simcha Rotman of the Religious Zionist faction is one of the vocal critics of the Supreme Court. Rothman is one of the founders of the Movement for Governance and Democracy, and also published the book "The High Court Party" which criticizes judicial activism, which he defined on Twitter as "Bad movie ".

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Defined judicial activism as a "bad movie."

Rotman (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Rotman himself opposes the existence of the Judicial Selection Committee, calling for its abolition: "The method of appointing judges in Israel is not democratic. In most countries of the world, according to a study by the Movement for Governance and Democracy, judges have no part in the appointment process. "They do not have the right to veto, and in Israel there is both a veto and a majority of people who are not elected by the public on the Judicial Appointments Committee," Rothman told the "Another Angle" website.

Rothman further attacked the committee's structure in an interview with Makor Rishon, saying that "when five of the nine members of the committee who elect the judges are supposedly 'professionals', it means that there is an absolute majority of people who do not express public views but clique positions. The junta or the oligarchy - whatever name you do not want to give to those who appointed them. "

Proud of her accomplishments in appointing judges.

Shaked (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The committee consists of four elected politicians, including the Minister of Justice, three Supreme Court justices including President Esther Hayut, and two representatives of the Bar Association.

With the elections to the current Knesset, the composition of the committee has changed, having not convened in the last eight months.

Today, headed by Justice Minister Gideon Saar, the coalition's representative is Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, who during her tenure as justice minister headed the committee, and Knesset representatives will include MK Efrat Reitan of Labor and MK Rotman.

Along with President Hayut, Supreme Court Justices Yitzhak Amit and Uzi Vogelman, and representatives of the Bar Association are Adv. Ilana Seker and Muhammad Na'amana.

Heads the committee.

Minister of Justice Saar (Photo: Reuven Castro)

In parallel with dozens of judges' appointments to the various courts, the real battle will be over the appointment of two Supreme Court justices, after Justices Hanan Meltzer and Menachem Mazuz retired last year and have not yet been replaced.

Now, with Rothman's election, the ideological right will have a veto over any appointment to the Supreme Court - since that appointment requires a majority of seven committee members, and the right will have three distinct representatives: Saar, Shaked and Rothman.

However, in order to realize the right-wing vision in the committee, Rothman will have to reach an understanding with Shaked, after he sharply attacked her and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in recent weeks, and even called her a "crook" and "promiscuous" in the context of citizenship law.

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